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Burrowing Beetles Delay Trans-Canada/Keystone Pipeline
 Pipeline developer TransCanada's Gulf Coast project has been dogged by protesters in east Texas but its progress in Oklahoma has been slowed by concerns about the American burying beetle.I was just worring about them the other night. Kept me awake, it did! Some of the endangered insect's habitat is along the route of the $2.3 billion pipeline being built from the crude oil storage hub at Cushing to refineries in the Houston area. The American burying beetle has been a troublesome issue for oil and gas companies in Oklahoma for more than a decade. Since it was declared endangered. Goulet said crews are making steady progress, and is expected to be finished by late next year, despite protests in east Texas. Members of the Tar Sands Blockade have spent almost a month in a "tree village" near Winnsboro, Texas, to protest the project. Protesters contend the pipeline and "dirty" oil from Canada's tar sands could cause irreparable damage to the environment if it is allowed to proceed. Posted by: Bobby 2012-10-25 |
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